288 COLD AND CANZEBED MOUTH AND THBOAT. 



DISEASES OP FOWLS. 



Cold and Cankered Month, and 

 Throat. 



The more common results of a cold in fowls is a 

 peculiar condition of the head and eyes, which at 

 first appear red and irritated about the eyes and 

 mouth, which by degrees become swelled, and then 

 the nose, mouth and throat become ulcerated or filled 

 up with canker. Sometimes the eyes seem affected 

 with inflammation and partial blindness and there is 

 difficult breathing or rattling of mucus or canker in 

 the throat. At times the entire head is swelled, and 

 the nose and throat are filled with thick cheesy 

 mucus or canker, or pustules appear on the sides of 

 the head, the wattles and ear lobes. As the pustules 

 break or fall off, scales form on the surface. In its 

 more advanced stages the disease is often termed 

 " ROUP." 



The SPECIFIC, A A, is required at first in the more 

 inflammatory stages. But after the - CANKER has 

 fully formed the SPECIFIC, C C, is the proper rem- 

 edy. The medicine should be given four times per 

 day, or every say four hours, or for slight attacks 

 morning and night. A wash of salt and vinegar ap- 

 plied to the ulcerated or cankered surface with a suit- 

 able swab, is sometimes recommended. But if the 

 disease is cured by the proper specific the ulcer and 

 canker will disappear. 



